Well: A Successful Aging Blog

The New York Times scored big when it get health writer Tara Parker-Pope from The Wall Street Journal. She has a great story today on Alzheimer’s and how physicians feel that it manifests itself in people’s lives earlier than old age. Here’s an excerpt:Many scientists believe the best hope of progress, maybe the only hope, lies in detecting the disease early and devising treatments to stop it before brain damage becomes extensive. Better still, they would like to intervene even sooner, by identifying risk factors and treating people preventively €” the same strategy that has markedly lowered death rates from heart disease, stroke and some cancers.This is a fascinating story, especially for Baby Boomers who told us in our Age Wave study that getting Alzheimer’s is one of their biggest fears about growing older.Tara also has a great new blog appropriately called ‘Well.’ It’s focused on what’s so absolutely critical to successful aging … taking small proactive steps to take more control of our own health. We welcome Well to our blog roll.